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CNHP 2010 Chapter 14
Female Reproductive System and Obstetrics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -arche | beginning |
| cervic/o | neck or cervix |
| colp/o | vagina (sheath) |
| vagin/o | vagina (sheath) |
| episi/o | vulva (covering) |
| vulv/o | vulva (covering) |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| metr/o | uterus |
| uter/o | uterus |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation, menses |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| oo- | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ov/i | egg |
| ov/o | egg |
| pelv/i | pelvis (basin); hip bone |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian tube); also, Eustachian tube |
| toc/o | labor or birth |
| womb | pear-shaped organ in the pelvic cavity in which the embryo develops |
| fundus | upper portion of the uterus |
| endometrium | lining of the uterus that sheds approximately every 28-30 days in a nonpregnant woman |
| myometrium | muscular wall of the uterus |
| uterine (fallopian) tubes | extend from each side of uterus toward ovary that provides passage for ova to uterus |
| cervix | neck of the uterus |
| cervical os | opening of the cervix to the uterus |
| ovary | one of two glands located on each side of pelvic cavity that produces ova and female sex hormones |
| mammary glands (breasts) | contain two glands that are capable of producing milk |